IGN - Which is the Best Mario Kart Ever?

IGN - Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS marks the (you guessed it) seventh entry in the Mario Kart series, which has been providing gamers with kart-racing goodness for nearly two decades now. In celebration, IGN Nintendo has decided to hand out seven awards in honor of the plumber's latest racer (check out our review of Mario Kart 7 if you haven't already). We're honoring the best items, tracks, multiplayer, single-player and more, as well as the very best in show.

Looking at the comment most agree MK64 was the best but its kinda sad , wasnt that the 3rd mario kart and that benchmark has yet to be passed... but they may do it with 7 just like they did with Zelda Skyward Sword

I can't honestly judge if Mario Kart 64 was the best one, but all I remember is being so immersed in the graphics and playing with 3 of my friends. Life was carefree those days. Mario Kart, Waverace and GoldenEye, we just played all day.

Mario kart 64 was the best. Wario stadium is still my fave course to date. Nothing more exciting than getting lighting in that level haha and the shortcuts in that game actually took some skill. Just an overall awesome game, the second best would probably be double dash. I enjoy the wii version with friends but online is annoying.